http://rasc-vancouver.com Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:55:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a good article to read about the GLP and is use. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38692291/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/ Mark http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=693 I can see Grouse Mountain from my back lawn, and it beckons to me, so I decided to ride up the service road from the top of Mountain Highway while the weather was sunny but cold. I decided to go to the extra trouble of adding a camera to my ... http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=612  Here is a great article on the BC Hydro web site that shows we are not along in the challenge of dealing with LPA. http://www.bchydro.com/news/articles/conservation/astronomers_big_on.html   http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=497 The CBC is carrying a news story about the Thirty Meter Telescope, designed (in part by RASC member Craig Breckenridge) at Dynamic Structures in Coquitlam: link to story http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=490 Here is the link to subcribe to the AOMO communication list. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/aomo/ or send an email to rascaomo@yahoo.com and the moderator will invite you to join. You do not have to be a member of yahoo in order to be a member of the email list. http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=488 Here is the link to subcribe to the AOMO communication list. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/aomo/ or send an email to rascaomo@yahoo.com and the moderator will invite you to join. You do not have to be a member of yahoo in order to be a member of the email list. http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=486 Home Depot is carrying a International Dark-Sky Association approved out door wall mounted light fixture. The price is 39.98. Can use up to a 100w bulb and has a motion sensor built in. I installed the light, replacing my globe style one and it took about 10 minutes. I also installed ... http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=478 Light Pollution Abatement RASC Vancouver Attention All Members  I have recently accepted the role of Chair, LPA RASC Vancouver.  I have been a member of RASC for about four years and have been actively involved in the AOMO here in Maple Ridge.  As an amateur astronomer, the night sky is very important to ... http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=475 Moon and Venus through a double-paned window http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=449 I managed to get outside for a few minutes tonight to get a shot of the moon and Venus forming a close conjunction. Here is a photo! Click for full size. http://rasc-vancouver.com/?p=439